Car-roof.



N. L. FRIBSE.

V GAB. ROOF. IAPPLIOATION FILED 11111.8, 1912.

Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

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N. L. PRIESE. cmnoor. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1912.

Patented Spt. 30,1913.

TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NORMAN LEE FRIESE, OF RDANOKE, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO RAYMOND C. DUDLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAR-ROOF.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented S t. 36 1913 Application filed January 8, 1912. Serial No. 669,938.

TOuZZ it]! 0111- it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN LEE Fninsn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Roanoke, in the city of Roanoke and State of Virginia,haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Roofs, of which the following is a specification.

Tidy-invention relates to inside metalcarroofs.

It has-for its object the providing of cer tain improvements in roofs of the character oftl'iiat illustrated in .the patent to Hodge No.'658',776, of October 2-, 1900; and it has for further. objects such other improvements in structure or function as may be found to obtain in thedevices hereinafter described or claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like reference numerals indicate like parts in all of the figures, Figure 1 is a transverse sectioiialyiew *of the roof; Fig. 2 is partly a s de elevation and partly a longitudinal section of the roof; 3 is a section on the l1ne 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 1s a top plan view showing the end and intermediate construc- -tion of the roof-and its framework; Fig. 5 is a side elevation with the outer. fascia-board removed; F ig.'(3 is a side elevation detail to said cap broken away; Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail section on the line 10-1O of Fig. at; and Fig. 11 is an ei'ilarged detail section on the liiie 111l of Fig.

The roof illustrated in the aforesaid patent to Hodge has been in very extensive use for many years, and certain features of it maybe simplified and rendered more eflec' tive by the application thereto of the improvements that are the sub ect of my iii- .vention. In the said Hodgeconstruction the metallic roof sheets were held in placeat their eaves end, and prevented from slipping out toward the eaves by the stop-blocks illustrated and described in that patent. By my construction, stop'blocks are eliminated and themetal cap-plates alone anchor tlx metal roofing plates and prevent-the latter in proper position, and also the lateral flanges of the sheets are extended out close to the outer fascia and yet provision is made for free drainage of water-and discharge of any accumulated cindei's from the eaves edge of the body of each sheet and there is further provision for preventing any seepage of water under said eaves edge of the sheet.

' The main framework of the roof is con-- structed of.the end plates 20, side plates 21, ridge pole 22, carlines 23, and purlins 24. The inner fascia 25 overlies the upper end of the siding'26. The ridge pole is laterally grooved,"at 27, to receive the ridge ends of the bodies of the metallic roofing sheets, and also laterally mortise'd out, at 28, to receive the ridge ends of'the false carlines (termed also sub-carlines) 29 and also the ridge ends of the metallic caps and of the upturned lateral fianges of the metallic roof sheets. The sub-car-liiies are supported in the, mortised out portions of the ridge pole and by the purlins and the side-plates and top edges of cap resting on the upper face of the subcarline and the outer edges of the flangesof the roof sheets, while the down turned lateral flanges 35 of each cap embrace the upturned flanges of the contiguous roof sheets. The longitudinal roof-strips 3G overlie the metallic caps, and spikes 37 are driven through said strips and caps and the underlying sub-carlines, securing said str ps in place and at the same time also securing the caps in their proper position; said spikes being, however-,clear of any contact with the flanges of the roof sheets, so as not to interfere with any movement of said sheets. The roof boards 38 overlie the ridge 3 over the outer fascia-board 39. The run-- lung board Saddles 40and running boards 41 surmount the'ridge ofthe outer board sheathing.

The construction described in the last foregoingparagraph has been heretofore well known, and is substantially illustrated in the above mentioned Hodge patent. But

in the drawings of said Hodge patentthe sub-carlines and the metallic caps and sheets terminate flush with the outer face of the inside fascia-board andentirely clear of the inner face of the outside fascia-board, and the eaves ends of the metallic sheets are held in place by supplementary stop-blocks, which also, serve to space the outer fasciaboard from theinner fascia-board, such vspace permitting the proper drainage of water and discharge of cinders from the eaves ends of the metallic roof sheets. But in the roof shown in my drawings there are various changes in respect to these features, The outer fascia-board is spaced from the inner fascia-board by the spacer-washers 42, through which are passed the tie-rods 43 that parallel each carline and extend from the outside of the outer fascia-board on one side of the car to the outside of the outer fascia-board on the other side of the car. These spacer-washers are entirely free from any contact with the eaves ends of the metallic roofing sheets. The sub-carlines are extended out from the inner fasciaboard and nearly into contact with the inner face of the outer fascia-board, and the metallic caps are extended out and bent around the eaves ends of the sub-carlines, so that the eaves ends of said caps, supported against the eaves ends of said sub-can lines, are in direct contact with and additionally support the inner face of the outer fascia-boards. The metallic sheet-s are in creased in length so that the eaves ends of their lateral flanges substantially meet and are retained within and by the closed eaves ends of the metallic caps, such closed ends being formed, as above stated, by the bending of the metal of the caps so as to cover the outer eaves ends of the ,sub-carlines. The manner of this closure of'the ends of the caps, forming a positive means for retaining the eaves ends of the lateral flanges of the sheets, is, that the flat body of the cap is bent over into thedown turned flange 44, to cover the eaves ends of the sub-carline, and the lateral down-turned flanges of the cap are extended into tongues 45, 45 which are bent over the down-turned flange 44 and mutually lapped at their 'tips, the said tongues .45 and flange 44 being then permanently and rigidly secured together by the rivet 46, so that there can be no possibility of the opening up of such closed cap-end. To initially secure the cap-end in position a through-bolt- 47 is passed upward through the side-plate and sub-carlines and cap and the overlying longitudinal roof strip. i

To provide for the drainage of water and discharge of any accumulated cinders from the body of each roof sheet, and also to additionally prevent the seepage of water under the eaves edge of the roof-sheet, the.

bodyfof the roof sheet, lengthened as above mentioned, '.is bent over to formthe down turned flange 48- that over-hangs the outer face of the inner fascia board but leaves a wide, free space between the outer face of such flange and the inner face of the outer fascia-board.

The outer fascia-board may be removed from the car, or damaged or destroyed by side-swiping, without risk of freeing the metallic roof sheets from their proper 'pro-. tective posit-ion in the roof. The stop-blocks of the earlier construction are eliminated, and the protective efficiency of the sheets and caps is increased, and at the same time their proper application in the roof is facilitated and insured, as the cap cannot be put in po sition, at all without effecting the proper and permanent retaining of the metallic sheet.

My invention is above set forth as embodied in one particular form of construction, but I do not limit it thereto or to less than all the possible forms in which the said invention as hereinafter claimed may be embodied and distinguished-from prior de- V vices. I claim 1. In an Inside metal car roof, 1n combination: a laterally recessed ridge-pole; side plates; sub carlinfes supported at their outer ends on the side plates and at theirridge ends in the recesses of the ridge-pole; metallic roof sheets having lateral elevated flanges supported by the sub-carlines, and having their ridge ends entered inthe said recesses,

the sheets being outwardly slidabl e transversely of the car; flanged metallic caps fitted over the sub-carlines and over the lateral flanges of the roof sheets, andhaving their inner ends entered in the recesses of the ridge-pole, and permanently closed at their outer ends, irrespective of attaclnnent to the side of the car, to engage and retain the lateral flanges of the roof sheets and hold the latter at a distance fromthe fascia, whereby the caps themselves are adapted to serve to securely position the sheets from displacement independently of any eaves fastenings; said fascia opposite to the outer ends of the caps; and spacing means holding the fascia at' a distance from the body of the car and from the eaves ends of the roofsheets, substantially as specified.

plates; sub-carlines supported attheir outer ends on the side plates and at their ridge ends in the recesses of the ridge-pole; metallic roof sheets having lateral elevated flanges supported by the sub-carlines, and having their ridge ends entered in said recesses, the sheets being outwardly slidable transversely of the car, and having eaves flanges depending over the edge of the car to protect the latter and aid in the replacement of individual sheets; flanged metallic caps fitted over the sub-carlines and over the lateral flanges at the roof sheets and having their 1 the latter at a distance from the fascia,

' Witnesses.

the fascla at a distance from the body of the car and from the eaves ends of the roof sheets, substantially as specified.

3. In an inside metal car roof, in combination: a roof-supporting frame; flanged metallic seam caps closed at their eaves ends; metallic roof sheets having upstanding flanges at their sides which are engaged within the said caps and retained by their closed ends; the roof sheets being outwardly and inwardly slidable, for removal and replacement, relative to the said frame, when the outer ends of the said caps are raised; and an outside board roof inclosing and confining the said caps; substantially as specifled.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing -NORMAN LEE FRIESE. Witnesses:

W. M. POWELL, B. F. CHILDRESS.

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' Washington, D. G. 

